Motrin, Who’s Feeling The Pain Now?
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It is an amazing thing when a huge corporation that spends millions of dollars on advertising and marketing every years comes out with a campaign that is so blatantly off target, offensive and down right ridiculous!
If you haven’t seen Motrins new video campaign make sure to view them here:
In these two campaigns Motrin directly insults baby wearing Moms and Dads then goes on to say that Moms don’t say what’s on their minds!
I am a Mom of four girls. What makes my situation unique is that I am also a New Old Mom. Being just a little bit older, my husband and I definitely have a few more aches and pains then I did when I was younger. The one thing we would never consider a pain or a burden is the bonding that experienced with all of children carrying them in slings and on backpacks.
The thought that Motrin would claim that baby carrying was a fashion statement is absurd and ridiculous. Tell that to my husband as he totes my 2 year old around with him daily! In theory, having a way to share experiences with your children is revolutionary not back breaking.
Slings and papooses have been used for centuries.
We had three children in three years. Taking the girls to festivals, parks, hiking and just through the grocery store was made possible with these carrying devices!
Twitter Moms were in an uproar last night about this issue. One of our Friend Friends, Katja Presnal made an amazing video documenting this:
By the way, did you know it was International Baby Wearing Week?
In the second video, if you haven’t seen it yet go back to:
and click “Watch Motrin’s Children’s”.
In this video, the campaign is stating that Moms don’t say what’s on our minds and if we did then we should be committed.
Well, Motrin, we are saying exactly what’s on our minds and I think it may be some people in your Marketing Department that will need to be committed!
What this New Old Baby Wearing Mom (and Dad) will commit to is boycotting Motrin products!
Hell has no fury like that of a Blogging, Twitter Mom scorned! Hear that fury hear:
And I am sure that in the next 48 hours this list will grow and grow!
I hope that Motrin IB works as well on PR nightmares as well as it works on Baby wearing Backaches!
Don’t mess with Mommy Bloggers, the list goes on…
Heather @About.com/Baby Products
Frogger: The Hoppings Of My Mind
Adventures In Crunchy Parenthood
Follow the Fury over at MotinMoms on Twitter
If you have done a post and would like to be added to this list please use the Contact Form or Twitter Me
Conscious Breast Feeding Connections
I Could Cry But I Don’t Have Time
Hollywood 2020 (for a different perspective and Motrin’s reaction)
Pistascio-Laura Fitton (great post from a marketing perspective)
Mashable (another PR view with response tactics)
Peter Shankman (a great review)
I didn’t watch the children’s version the first time. . . now I’m even more pissed.
Jennifer
Love the links! Glad somebody is collecting them all in one place.
My Momma used call something this stupid…”Having a brain fart”.
I had not seen the second video! I get what they were trying to do but geez did they miss the mark.
It’s quite obvious to me that the Motrin company is trying really badly to sell pharma to the mom market.
Seriously slinging your baby never hurt and as for fevers they are a reaction in the body and come back to normal all by themselves. I never medicated for fever, and I slinged my twins a lot. Some times one in the front and one in the back when my friend wasn’t there to sling one!
Just goes to show that the pharma companies will stop at nothing to generate profits.
This is a great post! I am not yet 40 but I am an older mama (I think AMA qualifies). I am outraged by the ad campaign and posted about it also.
Great post! Here’s my blog post if you want to add to the list: http://jeremyscorner-grifter.blogspot.com/2008/11/motrin-hates-babywearing.html
I’ll link you up on mine.
Love the post! Glad to see mommy bloggers and women in general working together to bring to people’s attention!
Thanks,
Jen
Thanks for the link to me!
Great post!
I’ve always been one to speak my mind anyway, but especially about something as outrageous as this!!
Thanks for taking the time to rally the mom troops over this outrageous ad! Moms have been carrying their babies like that since before they had Advil! What about Daddies that wear the backpack or sling? Do they need help too? So out of touch- this ad!
Amazing! Twitter Moms are a heck of a power for good.
Motrin’s controversy will either bring more customers or not but either way it was brilliant strategy, look how they have us all talking, look how viral this has become, add my Blog to the list please of anti-motrin.
I use another pain-killer that is much more effective anyway and its natural see my blog for info.